The American Film Institute named WALL-E as one of the best films of 2008;[94] the jury rationale states: WALL•E proves to this generation and beyond that the film medium's only true boundaries are the human imagination. View All Wall-E Coloring Pages. He argued that the mass consumerism in the film was not shown to be a product of big business, but of too close a tie between big business and big government: "The government unilaterally provided its citizens with everything they needed, and this lack of variety led to Earth's downfall." Ability type 9'6" (2.9 meter) [138] It was also voted Best Feature Film at the British Academy Children's Awards. Captain is the current commander of the Axiom. BACK ON WALL-E The holo-detector reverses full force. Wall E 65. 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McMaster's four-foot robot made an appearance at the Walt Disney Family Museum and was featured during the opening week of Tested.com[143] a project headed up by Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage of MythBusters. Stanton asked, "What if mankind had to leave Earth and somebody forgot to turn off the last robot?" VohanteXDA50 The Wall-E … Thompson was the captain of the Axiom spaceship from 2380 - 2520 (140 years). His primary color scheme is a light orange color with some parts having a darker shade of orange. Trapped, holding up the monorail car above the passengers. He spends the majority of his appearances cleaning up the dirt trail WALL-E leaves behind. "Captain on Deck". Although he will still feel pain if he gets damaged. Responding to Coffin's claim that the film points out the evils of mankind, Ford argued the only evils depicted were those that resulted from losing touch with our own humanity and that fundamental conservative representations such as the farm, the family unit, and wholesome entertainment were in the end held aloft by the human characters. ", "Andrew Stanton and Ben Burtt talk WALL-E", "Design With a Purpose: An interview with Ralph Eggleston", "Hello, WALL•E! The tracks on his treads can be removed by unclipping the hinge pins on a single joint. "[70], Stanton, who is a Christian,[20] named EVE after the Biblical figure because WALL-E's loneliness reminded him of Adam, before God created his wife. Gender It has won the award, or the equivalent of it, from the Boston Society of Film Critics (tied with Slumdog Millionaire),[120] the Chicago Film Critics Association,[121] the Central Ohio Film Critics awards,[122] the Online Film Critics Society,[123] and most notably the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, where it became the first animated feature to win the prestigious award. https://the-walle-au.fandom.com/wiki/Thompson?oldid=3893. It says more about ecology and society than any live-action film—all the people on their loungers floating around, brilliant stuff. As such, he possesses many interesting devices to help him fulfil his directive. [90] During its opening weekend, it topped the box office with $63,087,526. It only argues that technology is properly used to help humans cultivate their true nature—that it must be subordinate to human flourishing, and help move that along. Tags: Wall-E, Warning, Captain. [101] Kyle Smith of the New York Post, wrote that by depicting future humans as "a flabby mass of peabrained idiots who are literally too fat to walk", WALL-E was darker and more cynical than any major Disney feature film he could recall. He said it had the "heart, soul, spirit and romance" of the best silent films. Despite his friendly appearance and young age, because of certain passengers he has transported for years on end, he has become incredibly rude and is mostly an asshole towards most people and robots. Scene 16. Transformation. Over time he eventually got more friendly towards Vohantex and while the two are far from friends, they don't mind going offroading together. [134] In 2009, Stanton, Reardon, and Docter won the Nebula Award, beating The Dark Knight and the Stargate Atlantis episode "The Shrine". After “Kung Fu Panda,” I thought I had just about exhausted my emergency supply of childlike credulity, but here is a film, like “Finding Nemo,” that you can enjoy even if you’ve grown up. Scholars such as Ian Tattersall and Steve Jones have similarly discussed scenarios where elements of modern technology (such as medicine) may have caused human evolution to slow or stop. Wall E 71. The final product was built with more moving parts than the WALL-E which roams around Disneyland. The year is 2700. When hope arrives in the form of a seedling, the film blossoms into one of the great screen romances as two robots remind audiences of the beating heart in all of us that yearns for humanity—and love—in the darkest of landscapes. [110] Other labels included "preachy"[108] and "too long". [89] The film grossed $23.1 million on its opening day, the highest of all nine Pixar titles to date. [88], In the US and Canada, WALL-E opened in 3,992 theaters on June 27, 2008. [15], Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) built animatronic WALL-Es to promote the picture, which made appearances at Disneyland Resort,[75] the Franklin Institute, the Miami Science Museum, the Seattle Center, and the Tokyo International Film Festival. : Pixar Reaches for the Stars", "Ben Burtt: The man behind R2-D2 and Wall-E's beeps", "Bet on Burtt to get the right Wall-E sounds", "Voice of 'WALL-E': Robot sounds toddler-inspired", "ScoreKeeper Chats With Composer Thomas Newman!! After being experimented upon, he gained the ability to digistruct himself into various forms. So when a dastardly, HAL 9000-esque robot named Auto tries to keep the ship from returning to Earth, the captain, John, Mary, WALL-E and EVE join forces to change the course of humankind’s destiny. [106] The interpretation led to criticism of the film by conservative commentators such as Glenn Beck, and contributors to National Review Online including Shannen W. Coffin and Jonah Goldberg (although he admitted it was a "fascinating" and occasionally "brilliant" production). Votex-Abrams' DeviantArt ID Dreher also noted this departure from classical Christian viewpoints, where Adam is cursed to labor, in that WALL-E argues hard work is what makes humans human. But several story elements symbolically allude to Genesis. Eve calls out for him. At one point, he was experimented upon against his will by an unknown party that changed him completely, inside and out. We seek revolution through the education of the masses. However, Operation Cleanup, as it was dubbed, failed as all but one WALL-E unit (the fil… Wall E 71. Thompson, in particular, was assigned to a route that spanned miles of roads through the rural areas of Canada, as well as crossing the border to the United States. Captain O'Brien 2646-2774 128 years. WALL•Eis Pixar'sninth feature film. Wall E 73. Weight Pixar’s “WALL-E” succeeds at being three things at once: an enthralling animated film, a visual wonderment and a decent science-fiction story. [72] WALL-E himself has been compared to Prometheus,[36] Sisyphus,[70] and Butades: in an essay discussing WALL-E as representative of the artistic strive of Pixar itself, Hrag Vartanian compared WALL-E to Butades in a scene where the robot expresses his love for EVE by making a sculpture of her from spare parts. After her death, Captain Thompson took over. Powers and Abilities Traveling from his time to the present, he dons a Terminator-like jacket and a pair of sunglasses. [96] IndieWire named WALL-E the third-best film of the year based on their annual survey of 100 film critics, while Movie City News shows that WALL-E appeared in 162 different top 10 lists, out of 286 different critics lists surveyed, the most mentions on a top 10 list of any film released in 2008. Wall E 67. WALL•E appears in the Cartoon Network "MAD" skit, WALL•E•NATOR. Hence his rather aggressive behavior towards the bots that love to trap other bots. Find the exact moment in a TV show, movie, or music video you want to share. Outside of work, Thompson enjoys fishing in his spare time despite the fact he can't exactly use an actual fishing rod. [13], In 2012, Mike McMaster,[142] an American robotics hobbyist, began working on his own model of WALL-E. The scenes on what was left of planet Earth are just so beautiful: one of the great silent movies. The myth reminds us that art was born out of longing and often means more for the creator than the muse. Thompson is powered by an MSB-97 Solar fusion reactor, which in turn makes him 100% electric. 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Biographical overview E (2008) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. [104], The film was interpreted as tackling a topical, ecologically-minded agenda,[95] though McCarthy said it did so with a lightness of touch that granted the viewer the ability to accept or ignore the message. The Captain is missing his little hat. Wall E 73. Yarn is the best search for video clips by quote. [92], WALL-E grossed over $10 million in Japan ($44,005,222), UK, Ireland and Malta ($41,215,600), France and the Maghreb region ($27,984,103), Germany ($24,130,400), Mexico ($17,679,805), Spain ($14,973,097), Australia ($14,165,390), Italy ($12,210,993), and Russia and the CIS ($11,694,482).[93]. He praised Burtt's sound design, saying "If there is such a thing as an aural sleight of hand, this is it. "Captain on Deck". Ending Feb 11 at 8:00PM PST 5d 20h. The website's critical consensus reads, "Wall-E's stellar visuals testify once again to Pixar's ingenuity, while its charming star will captivate younger viewers—and its timely story offers thought-provoking subtext. [115][116] Walt Disney Pictures also pushed for an Academy Award for Best Picture nomination,[117] but it was not nominated, provoking controversy as to whether the Academy deliberately restricted WALL-E to the Best Animated Feature category. WALL•E, a robot, spends every day doing what he was made for. Hence him lacking any exhaust pipes. Thinkway, which created the WALL-E toys, had previously made Toy Story dolls when other toy producers had not shown an interest. 16 Dreher emphasized the false god parallels to BnL in a scene where a robot teaches infants "B is for Buy n Large, your very best friend", which he compared to modern corporations such as McDonald's creating brand loyalty in children. Thompson is a robot bus that is part of the Canadian Auto Transport Corp, one day he was a unwilling test subject of an experiment that would change him forever... Thompson was made as part of a robotic fleet of public transportation in Canada. "[25], WALL-E made a healthy appearance at the various 2008 end-of-the-year awards circles, particularly in the Best Picture category, where animated films are often overlooked. [91] WALL-E crossed the $200 million mark by August 3, during its sixth weekend. Captain Fee … Archaeologists have commented on the themes of human evolution that the film explores. [137], At the British National Movie Awards, which is voted for by the public, it won Best Family Film. Robot Bus Being a bus, he is a rather large robot. Physical description He said it pushed the boundaries of animation by balancing esoteric ideas with more immediately accessible ones, and that the main difference between the film and other science fiction projects rooted in an apocalypse was its optimism. Male A.I His wheelbase is apparently rather flexible, allowing him to move his wheels side to side at will and pushing himself up or down like hydraulics. Spiritual Elements. [144], In the same year, Mike Senna completed his own WALL-E build. [140] In early 2010, Time ranked WALL-E #1 in "Best Movies of the Decade". Wall E 65. [78], In 2016, Jim Morris noted that the studio has no plans for a sequel, as they consider WALL-E a finished story with no need for continuation. [82], The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on November 18, 2008. WALL•E was designed to be an environmentally-friendly garbage-processing robot. [12] In Sight & Sound magazine's 2012 poll of the greatest films of all time, WALL-E is the second-highest-ranking animated film behind My Neighbor Totoro (1988), while tying with the film Spirited Away (2001) at 202nd overall. "[95] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews from mainstream critics, the film has an average score of 95 out of 100 based on 39 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". The events of WALL-E occur 700 years after the Axiom leaves Earth in 2105. [76] Due to safety concerns, the 318 kg robots were always strictly controlled and WDI always needed to know exactly what they were required to interact with. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 95% approval rating based on 260 reviews, with an average score of 8.55/10. [133] It became the first animated film to win Best Editing for a Comedy or Musical from the American Cinema Editors. [139] WALL-E was listed at #63 on Empire's online poll of the 100 greatest movie characters, conducted in 2008. Those who wanted to take a photograph with the character had to make do with a cardboard cutout. In the same way Stanton and his Pixar team have told us a deeply personal story about their love of cinema and their vision for animation through the prism of all types of relationships. WALL-E ' s director Andrew Stanton acted as co-writer and executive producer on BURN-E. T… [118] Peter Travers commented that "If there was ever a time where an animated feature deserved to be nominated for best picture it's Wall-E."[119] Only three animated films, 1991's Beauty and the Beast and Pixar's next two films, 2009's Up and 2010's Toy Story 3, have ever been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Wall E 69. Creator (real-world) His uneventful duties are simply checking and rechecking the ship’s status with Auto, the autopilot. Various arts WALL-E doesn’t have any explicit spiritual content. "[102], Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times named WALL-E "an enthralling animated film, a visual wonderment, and a decent science-fiction story" and said the scarcity of dialogue would allow it to "cross language barriers" in a manner appropriate to the global theme, and noted it would appeal to adults and children. [132] It won all three awards it was nominated for by the Visual Effects Society: Best Animation, Best Character Animation (for WALL-E and EVE in the truck) and Best Effects in the Animated Motion Picture categories. Wall E 68. Though he has a dislike of getting stuck in the mud at times, however ever since Vohantex showed up he has started to hate being stuck in any situation. 15000 lbs It's also worth noting that WALL-E was storing the VHS tape in a toaster. [74] Continuing a Pixar tradition, the film was paired with a short film for its theatrical release, Presto. Votex-Abrams The reactor is fueled primarily by hydrogen. His front opens up his body cavity i… Their social comment was so smart and right on the button."[113]. He said WALL-E was concerned with ideas rather than spectacle, saying it would trigger stimulating "little thoughts for the younger viewers. Any higher would substantially increase the risk him losing control and possibly cause him to crash. They were present at a photo op at Disney's D23 Expo 2015. [81] The "Ultimate WALL-E" figures were not in stores until the film's home release in November 2008,[76] at a retail price of almost $200, leading The Patriot-News to deem it an item for "hard-core fans and collectors only". He has light aqua headlight eyes. WALL-E won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and was nominated for Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Original Song, Sound Editing, and Sound Mixing at the 81st Academy Awards, which it lost to Slumdog Millionaire (Original Score, Original Song, Sound Mixing), The Dark Knight (Sound Editing), and Milk (Original Screenplay). Wall E 68. [146], 2008 American computer animated sci-fi romance film, This article is about the film. The video begins playing on an iPod before the image is transferred to a television. Transporting peopleBeing washedBeing muddyFishing [85][86][87], WALL-E grossed $223.8 million in the United States and Canada and $297.5 million overseas, for a worldwide total of $521.3 million,[3] making it the ninth-highest-grossing film of 2008. The character is named after Rob Duquette Thompson, an animator at Pixar. Since WALL-E's creation, Mike and the popular robot have made dozens of appearances at various events. Captains of the Axiom from WALL-E. Captain Reardon 2105-2248 143 years. View All Wall-E Coloring Pages. When the information is available to the people, systemic change will be … [141] In a 2016 BBC poll of international critics, it was voted the 29th-greatest film since 2000. Aside from his bus form which is the default, he can choose between a plane, boat, space shuttle, and a multi-missile truck on the fly. Though because he has driven for long periods of time as well as trips to and from Canada to be serviced, it is assumed that such a power source will allow him to work continuously. Wall E 62. Wall E 72. [101] Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter declared that WALL-E surpassed the achievements of Pixar's previous eight features and probably their most original film to date. [124] It was named as one of 2008's ten best films by the American Film Institute and the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. His wheels are made of a metal-rubber resin that is extremely durable while being as elastic as rubber, making it much more durable when compared to other rubber wheels. For communication, he had various beeps and other sounds, a derivative from Star Wars' R2-D2. 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